Barbara LeMaster's interests include language, gender, deaf
sign languages, language socialization, education, and medical anthropology.
Her area interests include Ireland and the United States. Recently, she
has conducted research on acquisition of gendered communication in West
Long Beach schools; she has been a consultant and interpreter in greater
Los Angeles area and a consultant in Ireland. She is often called on as
a consultant to local hospitals regarding language and culture brokerage.
She has served as an advisor to the University of California, to the National
Association of Deaf People in Ireland, and as a visiting professor at
Trinity College, Dublin.With Pamela Bunte, she is active in the
Master's Program in Anthropological Linguistics.